If I read it right, I agree.  We, as a group, often get caught up in the hype about this or that just as much as anyone.  I'm probably an offender in the opposite direction--I'm always VERY skeptical of "New and Improved", and tend to go overboard in the other direction.

Chad

I am very new to traditional and I am dedicating myself to be the best I can be. I have learned a ton  from this site.  What I have noticed is that there is a lot of compound shooters coming to traditional.  With a compound you can make a really poor shooter shoot pretty good with there equipment.  When they switch to traditional and are not shooting well, they believe they can just adjust there equipment and fix it. Which as we know is not the case. I was slow to realize this myself.  But am realizing that I really need to work on my form because I am not consistent.

I believe that is why you are getting so many equipment questions.  Like I said I am pretty new and don't feel I know enough or earned the right to give my opinion. but I just feel that may be the reason.  I do like that you want to keep the site in the right direction.  Keep up the good work.

I agree............I haave been guilty of the occasional "what-if" questions regarding gear.....but There seems to be SO many lately.

It used to be questions regarding the prober cant, form alignment, etc.....now it's much more: what's faster, can I add this, or how will this _______ help my set-up.

Not knocking those question,I think they all have their place. But personally, I spend alot more time recently just scrolling down the list of topics without reading any or replying. I think we are losing some of the "Personal touch"  and "family orientation" this site used to be .........JMO  :rolleyes:

I type too slow...just saw the post by Cacciatore explained by Terry.

-Mack

Terry,

I agree and must admit to getting caught up in the "science" of Bows at times speed, performance, etc... and nothing wrong with that in it's proper place.  But if I can't get within the same area of the game I'm pursuing it means nothing!  I've bow hunted for the past 20 years (off and on) and I can tell you that the "science" of the bow has not help me kill one deer.  I for one need to learn more of the fundamentals of hunting and welcome any advice out there to achieve that goal.  Thanks for trying to get us back on track.

       
Awesome post Terry this why I switch to Traditional Bowhunting is to use and prefect my woodmenship self reliance. Blake

Good reminder.

Terry your post is one of the reasons I love this site!  It takes strong leadership and resolve to keep the vison of tradgang pure and pointed in the right direction.  Thank you and all of the moderators for the dedication and time you spend keep us in line!!

acollins, Very well said      

Tracy

I agree Terry......most of our members gravitated to TradGang for the simplicity of hunting with trad gear in the first place....let's keep it thata way.

Terry I agree.. WE are traditional BOWHUNTERS! Not bow shooters or target archers. At least this is what and only I want to see on the PowWow.  

The other forums are good and specific. Powwow should be about trad hunting and trad hunting "stuff".. LOL

John III

Well said, Terry.  It is a difficult thing to police though.  Often, what starts out as one thing morphs into something else, or the same thing can be viewed differently by two different people, etc.  Hope we can help by doing a little more policing of ourselves.  I do think the season (or lack of seasons) has a little to do with it.  

Now that you point it out Terry i could not Agree more with your concerns  
Iv prob contributed my share off topic bits and pieces, and lost sight of the important things here and there.  

It does get a bit long on the tooth to see the same things over and over, same arguments that really dont get anyone any closer to successful hunting. Sometime you just think "Forget that, and just get out there and Hunt!"

I really like to see the posts of guys and girls that really get out there and get it done, its great to see posts from around the globe, All the hunts in the States, then the Australian Boys and their adventures, some of our members adventures through Hawaii, Andorra, France, Alaska, Africa the list goes on. Real hunters.

Glade we have you on watch mate  

What would Howard do?

Hi-tech is like Rap music...a little goes a long way.

Here! Here!, Well said. I was startin' to think I was missin' something like a skinny string:)

Thanks for having your finger on the pulse Terry.I also agree with Stephen B. thoughts.I'm not a frequent poster, but I'm on here alot .
BC

QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:

maybe I shouldn't be posting this,

Well I for one am glad this was posted! I have only been apart of this site for 2 1/2 years but in the last 6 months it has changed. And not for the better. There are still the threads going on that drew me here but they are few and far between. I still visit once or twice a day but the amount of posts I click on has changed dramatically.

 I hope this post of Terry's spurs something that will change us for the better. We need it! We are not here because trad is "cool"! We are here because it is a part of our lives and we should start acting like that again. Put the emphasis back on being apart of the gear we use and make and not on the gear guiding us because it doesn't!

My .02

--c--

Well said... I must admit that I tend to get too wrapped up in my 'gear' instead of my form, technique, etc... upon recent self=reflection I noticed this, and your post just drives it home.  Though I am VERY excited about my new bow, my aim is to get good with it and take an bird in the Spring, regardless of the type of arrow, string, bow, or broadhead.  If I cannot work on shooting from a kneeling or sitting position, my turkey season will definitely end dry... thank you again Terry.

I agree with your comments and I am an offender as well.  While not usually starting the threads, I definitely find myself being sucked into the discussion when I don't agree with earlier comments.  This definitely seems worse during the off-season.  Just gotta resist the urge to comment, I guess.

             

QuoteOriginally posted by Terry Green:
It really does sound like the 'must have/gotta have - make you a better hunter' battle cry of the equipment hype in other facets of hunting.

People, myself included, sometimes get caught up in the next great thing they want. Before you know it "want" becomes "need". The move to trad should be a move away from this.

The questions and debate over setups are just getting ridiculous. I'm affraid most of it is ultimately an excuse to buy more toys and keep tinkering, because hey, it's fun. But not necessarily effective.

Bring it, Terry. If difficult decision are made, err on the side of strict.